Yeah, he was done after he left LSU. He should’ve stayed done, bc he did zero favors to the South Carolina program by coming back to coach. We were ready to move on from him a couple years before he finally retired. He basically admitted after year one at South Carolina that he was in way over his head. What a shame. It’s not the way I would have liked to end what was otherwise, a pretty decent career.
I don’t think it would have ever be considered genius unless Grice (former P/DH who replaced Amick at 1B) made some spectacular play at 1B. Putting Grice anywhere but remaining at DH was simply a horrendous coaching decision. Plus Amick‘s and Grice‘s fielding percentage were virtually identical at the time. I loved it of course because it forced Clemson to pinch hit for virtually every pitcher for the remaining 5 2/3 innings since they had no DH plus Amick’s bat removed from the lineup.
I think you misunderstood. It’s a bit confusing….Grice was already hitting. He was acting as the DH for himself as the starting P. If he would have simply been removed as the P and NOT inserted at 1B, he would have remained the DH and would have still hit either way. By inserting Grice at 1B to replace Amick, Clemson lost the DH and Amick’s potent bat for the remainder of the game, so every P had to either hit for themselves or were PH for. Again, Grice continued to hit as he was the replacement 1B. It was a remarkably stupid decision that put Clemson in a huge competitive disadvantage for the remaining 5 2/3 innings.
Been a Volfan my whole life. 62 year through ups and downs and call it like I see it. Will they make it , yes, the way they have played , no. The TRUTH is they don't play the game with heart, it takes them getting embarrassed to even play a little, let's face it the reason the sos is so high is because of the conference they play in and they are under .500 in it. They shouldn't be and that is the head coaches fault, he lost us the Georgia series himself among other games but he is who we all wanted, myself included. Can he turn it around next year, we will see maybe he can maybe not. I look at it this way if stating facts gets me called a negative I guess i am. Like I said will they yes, the way they have played the mistakes they continue to make should they, no. Why because when that starts they will not be playing mid week teams, remember Kent State, that team beat us because they are a better team than this Tennessee team. For some reason this team has not come together like it should have, first year coach , probably, very young team definitely. Team hasn't hit all year, fact, pitchers are getting worse, fact, team defense is a strength, but all year that breaks down too. Can't turn a double play because we have a first baseman playing 2nd but his bat needs to be in the lineup and even that is hit and miss, 3 home runs in one game against LSU , nothing since then. Starting pitchers are inconsistent, great one week and the next week, we'll let's just say 10 walks and 6 hit batters against Bama, not all of that was the starter but the whole staff is getting worse not better, that is bad this time of year again that goes back to the way the staff is used and that goes to the head man and the pitching coach, that is facts. Sorry this has been so long and like I said if facts make me a negavol I can take it, but facts are facts.
In the NIL era, every CWS winning team has had at least one "down" season following their National championship; some have gone at least 2-3 seasons before even making it back to the postseason, much less Omaha! LSU winning a Natty 2 out of the last 3 years is actually a very, very rare occurrence.
On paper this freshman class was highly rated but outside Grindlinger and Eisfelder we hadn’t seen too much on the position player side , looks like we have several freshman pitchers getting better and ready to contribute next year if they hang around , you never know what your roster is gonna look like from year to year
